LONDON, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Small Luxury Hotels of the World property in Europe to install two-way interface to SLH's Central Reservation System

MICROS-Fidelio UK Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that The Atlantic Hotel is the first Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) property in Europe to deploy MICROS's OPERA Xpress Property Management System (PMS).

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- SAE's International Cooperative Research Program finds new refrigerant offers 'superior environmental performance'

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that the SAE International Cooperative Research Program has endorsed Honeywell's low-global-warming-potential refrigerant for use in mobile air conditioning (MAC) to meet new, more stringent regulations in Europe.

The SAE program team said refrigerant HFO-1234yf offers superior environmental performance and that this alternative refrigerant -- of all proposed alternatives -- has been judged to have the lowest risk for use in mobile air conditioning systems in meeting environmental and consumer needs.

EAST GREENBUSH, New York, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company's open API and 'Ready for Autotask' program proven to integrate seamlessly with the business applications and managed services platforms Autotask customers rely on most

Autotask Corporation today announced it is leading the PSA industry in successful technology integrations and using its open API and Ready for Autotask program to actively engage IT-focused vendors and manufacturers and simplify the integration and interoperability process.

Autotask CEO Bob Godgart says it is these technology alliances that really differentiate and strengthen the company's central role within the IT services ecosystem and help its customers to grow their services business faster and more effectively.

LONDON, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, UK's largest union, with the largest number of occupational groups in higher education, is calling for universities to end the two-tier system of pay and benefits between academic and support staff.

Responding to today's (Monday) publication of the UK Universities Higher Education Finance and Pay Data Review, Unite is urging that efforts to address the difference of terms and conditions between academic and support staff are stepped and an end brought to the upstairs, downstairs treatment of staff within higher education which has seen staff in some occupational groups earning salaries close to minimum wage levels.

PRINCETON, New Jersey, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

BioWa, Inc., announced today that it licensed to GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) its POTELLIGENT(R) Technology for use in developing and commercializing select GSK antibodies with enhancement of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC).

GSK is recognized as a key player in the field of antibody drug discovery, said Dr. Masamichi Koike, BioWa President and CEO. We believe this represents an important opportunity to promote the development of more effective targeted treatments for debilitating diseases where enhanced ADCC might offer a significant therapeutic benefit.

LONDON, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

In-car green technologies are set to shape the future of the European automotive industry. The key to developments, in this sector, will be advanced engine technologies.

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Frost Sullivan's latest analysis (http://www.automotive.frost.com), Strategic Analysis of In-Car Green Technologies finds that cost effective advanced engine technologies are the key to high consumer acceptance. Also emission reduction across the supply chain is a key criteria in OEMs' supplier selection and purchasing policies.

MUMBAI, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tata Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF) 2008 held in Mumbai on the 29th November and in Kolkata on the 2nd December focuses on urgent need to address Learning Disability (LD) issues.

The third annual TLDF - a unique global forum on LD in India - was successfully conducted at Mumbai and Kolkata. This is the first time the event, earlier only held in Mumbai, has been extended to include the eastern metro city of Kolkata as well.

IRVINE, California, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

Relsys International, the leading provider of drug safety, pharmacovigilance and risk management solutions, announces the launch of its Integrated Services Offering for pharmacovigilance as well as significant growth of its Global Professional Services (GPS) organization.

LONDON, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

High Purity Water is a critical ingredient in the manufacturing process of life saving drugs. The continuing demand for high quality water (HQW) is the single biggest driver for the growth of the water treatment systems market segment in the pharmaceutical sector. Frost Sullivan's European Environment Research Analyst, Karthikeyan Ravikumar, foresees that the water and wastewater management market in the European pharmaceutical industry has exciting opportunities to offer particularly in the water treatment segment with the overall market experiencing high growth rates.

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